Our top story tonight....Emma is now one year old! I can't believe how quickly this year went by. The old cliche really is true: we can't imagine our lives without her. We do remember sleeping in on the weekends and having date nights, but now we have family weekends and Emma comes along on our date nights. Here are some pictures from the big day (her birthday is April 7th. I know I'm a horrible blogger!) We went swimming (which Emma loves!) then had lasagna and cake at home. LaVonne (Nate's Mom) was here for the big occasion and my Mom, Aunt Maddie and Uncle Sam cheered on via the webcam.
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| Pretty birthday girl in her birthday dress |
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| Fun in the pool |
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| Emma's first homemade birthday cake! Maybe next year's will be a fun train or clown like Gramma Mary used to make. |
 | | Enjoying her cake |
 | | Reading her birthday cards |
 | | Opening lots of presents. She got lots of clothes with Elmo on them, her newest friend. She was rather tired by this time, hence the binky. |
 | | Playing with her new drum |
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Stay tuned for updates on her developments.
In other news....I recently accepted a job as a nurse practitioner in Billings, Montana. So yet again the Meunier family is moving across the country. Our anticipated moving date in May 17. We sold our house here within 2 weeks. We have not found a house in Billings yet, but I don't think that will be a problem. I am very excited to be moving closer to family. It will be nice for Emma to be closer to her extended family and have the kind of childhood like I did - surrounded by family. The drive to get there might not be fun (four days in the car!) but hopefully we'll be able to see some friends and family along the way.
This just in...Nate has registered for an online certificate program through NC State for computer science. This certificate program is like a pre-master's program, providing all the prerequisite classes to get into the master's program. His classes start May 19th. He also just purchased a Mac laptop to use of his classes, so he's been busy playing with his new toy.
So needless to say, we've been busy (and hot!) down here.
